Policy Press

China and Post-Socialist Development

By Andrzej Bolesta

Published

Nov 19, 2014

Page count

304 pages

ISBN

978-1447321507

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Nov 19, 2014

Page count

304 pages

ISBN

978-1447323495

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Nov 19, 2014

Page count

304 pages

ISBN

978-1447323501

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
China and Post-Socialist Development

The re-emergence of China as an economic superpower during its systemic transition is an astonishing phenomenon. China and Post-Socialist Development is the first comprehensive attempt to frame China’s advancements within the context of the East Asian developmental miracle, against the background of post-socialist transformation, asking how has it happened and where does China go from here?

In this book the author argues that as China transits from central planning to market, it tries to imitate the institutions and policies of Japan and South Korea during their high growth periods of the second half of the twentieth century. China’s approach – broadly in opposition to the neo-liberal doctrine – has brought impressive results, leading the author to make important predictions about the future.

This book is for everybody who is interested in China, development and post-socialist transformation.

Andrzej Bolesta, a scholar and a diplomat, educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science (PhD) and the University of Oxford (MSc), has lived in East Asia for the last eight years, most of this time in Beijing, China, working for the Polish embassy.

Introduction;

The developmental state;

Post-Socialist transformation in China;

The politics of development;

The policies of development;

China as a Post- Socialist developmental state.